Barbados

The Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, with Bridgetown serving as its capital. In 1627, England colonized the Barbados, which had previously been claimed by Spain in 1511 and Portugal in 1536. The island was populated by English indentured servants and African slaves, and the island would become home to a lucrative sugar plantation industry. The island was granted its independence on 30 November 1966, and it grew to have a population of 277,821 people in 2010, with 92.4% being black, 3.1% multiracial, 2.7% white, 1.3% Indian, and .4% unspecified.